The National Air Races (also known as Pulitzer Trophy Races) are a series of pylon and cross-country races that have taken place in the United States since...

The Reno Air Races, officially known as the National Championship Air Races, are a multi-day event tailored to the aviation community that took place each...

racing aircraft, crashed into spectators while competing at the Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada, killing the pilot, Jimmy Leeward, and ten people on the...

Derby', became a part of the National Air Races circuit. The National Air Races lasted until 1949. The Cleveland Air Races was another important event...

time, Steve Beville and Bruce Raymond were looking to compete in the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio, that were to be held in September. Beville was...

take part in air races. It does not include minimally modified aircraft which were not built for racing, even if they have taken part in races. Meixner,...

The Women's Air Derby was the first official women-only air race in the United States, taking place during the 1929 National Air Races. Humorist Will Rogers...

is a modified Lockheed 5C Vega flown by Wiley Post during the 1930 National Air Races, winning first place with a time of 9 hours, 9 minutes, and 4 seconds...

contract. Wedell's passion for air racing led him to convince Williams to build a racer for the January, 1930 Miami Air Races. This first aircraft was named...

purchase two war-surplus Airacobras to be modified and entered in the National Air Races as a publicity stunt. The two P-39's were named Cobra I and II, with...

top. He was being paid $1,000 per display. In the 1932 Cleveland National Air Races he was performing a mock dogfight against a modified Curtiss Pusher...

of Air Racing. She was also a founding member of the Ninety-Nines, a women's pilot group. She was one of the first women to participate in air races with...

National Air Races – Howard flew five firsts and two third-place finishes at 163 mph. 1930 Thompson Trophy race, third place. 1931 National Air Races...

flew his Boeing 100 to the World's Aerobatic Championship at the National Air Races in Los Angeles. In 1941, Burcham joined Lockheed as a production test...

Mark. "Sticks for Hire, p. 3". Air & Space magazine, July 01, 2003. Retrieved 2008-12-28. "Reno National Air Races. History". Hickoksports.com. Archived...

the Mercury Air Shoestring) was a Formula One Air Racing aircraft built by Carl and Vincent Ast to compete in the Cleveland National Air Races in 1949. It...

Trophy was a cross-country race from the west coast to the site of the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio, and typically was the starting event of the week-long...

general-purpose Travel Air 2000, and its derivative the Model 4-D. Two examples competed in different events during the 1929 National Air Races, including the...

held in the city since 1977. The Cleveland National Air Show, an indirect successor to the National Air Races, has been held at the city's Burke Lakefront...

miles (11 km) north of Sparks, Nevada, at which the first two "Reno" National Air Races were flown. Sky Ranch Airport covers an area of 158 acres (64 ha)...

then went on to fly the Folkerts SK-1 for the remainder of the races. 1933 National Air Races - Pilot Roy Minor won four firsts, two seconds, two thirds and...

NR60Y competed in smaller races throughout the south during 1932. In preparation for the 1933 Los Angeles National Air Races, the NR60Y's Cirrus engine...

Sportsman Pilot Mixed Air Derby and the annual Ruth Chatterton Air Derby during the 1930s; she also opened the National Air Races in Los Angeles in 1936...

Chester Jeep aka the Chester Special #1 is an air racer built by Art Chester for the 1932 National Air Races. The aircraft once held the world's speed record...

racing plane designed to compete in the 1931 American Cirrus Races. Steve Wittman started air racing in 1926 in various aircraft. In March 1931, he designed...

malfunction.[citation needed] September 18 – Reno Air Races (also known as National Championship Air Races) Pilot Gary Levitz, 61, a 30-year race veteran...

general public- to participate in various activities. They can include races; evening "night glows", or "glowdeos" (in the US), in which balloons are...

aircraft to compete in that fall's Thompson Trophy competition at the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio. They hoped that a victory in the prestigious race...

aircraft to the Cessna CR-2 that raced in the 1932 National Air Races. The CR-3 was ordered by air racer Johnny Livingston in response to the performance...

sang the song for the first time over national radio from the 1939 National Air Races. Not everyone was fond of the song. During a dinner of September 1939...